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Is There Really a 'New Diagnosis' for Terri Schiavo? TCS — Permalink While we at American Council on Science and Health have been determined to remain on the sidelines of the raging national debate about the fate of Terri Schiavo (this is largely a legal and ethical issue, not a scientific one), we cannot remain silent about... | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Dr. Whelan originally published her broadside at Dr. Chesire at TechCentralStation, where the op-ed ended with the stange tag line: "She is a life-long Republican." Mark Kleiman: It's a solid part of the new conservative establishment. Yet ACSH has issued a blistering statment on the Schiavo case. John Cole: The objective reality of Terri Schiavo's sad medical condition is immaterial, and what is important is winning this... |
Charles Johnson: UPDATE at 3/24/05 2:45:46 pm: Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, president and founder of the American Council on Science and... Glenn Reynolds: CHARGES OF JUNK SCIENCE: "While we at American Council on Science and Health have been determined to remain on the... Dr. Steven Taylor: "Harsh Facts" — Glenn Reynolds notes the following TCS Column by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, President and Founder of the... |
In Love With Death By / Opinion Journal — Permalink God made the world or he didn't. God made you or he didn't. If he did, your little human life is, and has been, touched by the divine. If this is true, it would be true of all humans, not only some. And so—again, if it is true—each human life is precious, of infinite value, worthy of great respect. | |
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Tom Smith: Peggy Noonan asks some of the right questions: I do not understand the emotionalism of the pull-the-tube people. Glenn Reynolds: But I think it's absurd to claim, as many are, that a cabal of liberal judges wants to murder Terri Shiavo because it is... Steve M.: Today that road runs through Pinellas Park, Fla. —Peggy Noonan today As to those in the World Trade Center . . . |
Barbara O'Brien: Why We Love Death — Peggy Noonan has a truly bizarre column in today's Wall Street Journal. Jerome Armstrong: Noonan writes: [quote] On Democratic Underground they crowed about having "kicked the sh— out of the fascists." [end quote] Joe Gandelman: I just read Peggy Noonan's new column in the Wall Street Journal and I want what she's drinking (or smoking). |
| Also: Norbizness, James Joyner, S.Z., Amanda Marcotte, K. J. Lopez | |
The Right to Life NRO — Permalink Terry Schiavo is near death. If actions are to be taken to save her life, they must be taken now. Let us briefly review the relevant facts: Terri is a human being whose physical condition is in dispute, but perhaps not for long. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: Dr. Rusty Shackleford, for example, states that "[o]ften times morality is trumped by legality" and therefore supported... Tom @Corrente: Our Favorite Moralist With the Major Gambling Problem Weighs In — Showing he has absolutely no sense of separation of... John Cole: I was wrong. *** Update #2 *** William Bennett invokes Martin Luther King while advocating Gov. Bush send in troops. |
Jerome Armstrong: Republican Flatliners — This, coming from the National Review: "It is time, therefore, for Governor Bush to execute the... Ken Masugi: Kennedy and Bill Bennett on Schiavo; LAT Gets Its Schiavo Wish — While responding to today's LAT condescending... Oliver Willis: William J. Bennett & Brian T. Kennedy [snipped quote] On the Al Rantel show on 790 KABC in L.A. |
Media Groups Back Reporters In Court Filing By / WaPo — Permalink A federal court should first determine whether a crime has been committed in the disclosure of an undercover CIA operative's name before prosecutors are allowed to continue seeking testimony from journalists about their confidential sources, the nation's largest news organizations and journalism groups asserted in a court filing yesterday. | |
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Tom Maguire: Per the WaPo: "A federal court should first determine whether a crime has been committed in the disclosure of an... Kevin Drum: VALERIE PLAME UPDATE...Via Laura Rozen, the Washington Post reports that news organizations are fighting back against... Jim Romenesko: Press: There's evidence no crime committed in leak case — Washington Post The nation's largest news organizations and... |
Jay Rosen: After Matter: Notes, reactions & links... Speaking of acting in concert, from today's Washington Post, evidence that... Garrett M. Graff: In the latest salvo from the Fourth Estate, 36 news organizations and journalism groups filed a friend-of-the-court... Glenn Reynolds: WHY DIDN'T THEY SAY THIS BEFORE THE ELECTION? [snipped quote] Well? |
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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures? By / Fox News — Permalink Just to burnish my reputation as a bomb thrower, I think Jeb Bush should give serious thought to storming the Bastille. By that I mean he should think about telling his cops to go over to Terri Schiavo's (search) hospice, go inside, put her on a gurney and load her into an ambulance. | |
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Atrios: Rule of Law — Fox's John Gibson: Just to burnish my reputation as a bomb thrower, I think Jeb Bush should give serious thought to storming the Bastille. Glenn Reynolds: SCHIAVO HYSTERIA from Fox's John Gibson: [snipped quote] I think John Gibson should have to spend a few minutes alone with Bill Quick. |
Oliver Willis: American Insurrection, Continued — Fox's gay-bashing John Gibson: [snipped quote] Seven years ago it was all about the "rule of law". |
Supreme Court Won't Hear Schiavo Case By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, rejecting a desperate appeal by her parents to keep their severely brain-damaged daughter alive. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The answer to the question as to whether the Supreme Court will now come under fire if it dared to disagree with... Steve Soto: As Supremes Refuse To Rule On Schiavo Case, Bush And GOP Suffer For Their Politicization Of Issue (Graphic courtesy of... Tim Cavanaugh: Supremes Say No — The U.S. Supreme court has again declined to take up the Terri Schiavo case. |
Captain Ed: All Over But The Dying — The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of the Schindlers to get food and water... Steve Bainbridge: I was right on all three counts. But I take very little pleasure and no comfort from that fact. Now it looks like all we can do is wait. |
Runaway Judiciary By / Weekly Standard — Permalink NOBODY NEEDS another opinion on whether hydration and nutrition should be restored to Terri Schiavo. Hundreds of commentators have written thousands of column inches on her parents' drive to see that she is fairly represented before the courts. | |
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Digby: Here's the smarmy Hugh Hewitt: "WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS, the latest in a string of judicial decrees that run contrary to the will of the representative branch? Hugh Hewitt: My WeeklyStandard.com column on the illumination the Schiavo case has thrown onto the courts and the left, "Runaway... Deacon: Congress be damned — Don't miss Hugh Hewitt's Weekly Standard piece about how the federal judiciary is flouting the law... |
Ken Masugi: Hugh Hewitt notes that the congress has intervened against the courts to protect "endangered species." Oliver Willis: Just Stop There — Categories: Right-Wing Stupidity In his latest column for The Weekly Standard, third tier radio host... |
The Seven Faces of "Dr." Churchill NRO — Permalink Academia's everyman. Does Ward Churchill even exist? Dr., Native American, original artist, serious scholar, combat veteran, highly recruited and sought-after academic, ex-Weatherman mentor: How many — if any — of these seven faces of our real-life Dr. Lao are true? | |
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Michelle Malkin: Update II: In case you missed it, Victor Davis Hanson writes about Churchill today at NRO: Academia's everyman. Greg Ransom: RULES for radicals getting tenure: "Rule 1: Profess to be as far left as possible, understanding that extremism in the service of utopian virtue is no vice. |
Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: Victor Davis Hanson, meanwhile, wonders if Ward Churchill even exists. |
Opposition Takes Control of Kyrgyzstan By / AP — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - President Askar Akayev fled Kyrgyzstan on Thursday after protesters stormed his headquarters, seized control of state television and rampaged through government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows. | |
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Orrin Judd: SEND LAWYERS, GUNS, & VOWELS: Opposition Takes Control of Kyrgyzstan (STEVE GUTTERMAN, 3/24/05, Associated Press) -... FrancoAlemán: I don't plan to post anything here unless there's anything exceptional (though there actually is something exceptional,... |
Ed Cone: Hey, it's no Schiavo case, but we might oughta pay some attention: "The Central Asian nation's role as a conduit for... Jesse Walker: This time it's in Kyrgyzstan — and this time the revolution's a little rowdier: [snipped quote] The Village Voice's Ward... |
Judge Greer parts ways with his church on pastor's advice St. Petersburg Times — Permalink CLEARWATER - Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer left his church last week after the pastor wrote him a letter suggesting "it might be easier for all of us" if he leave. Greer, whose orders on the Terri Schiavo case have brought him criticism, is a Southern Baptist who attended Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater. | |
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James Joyner: Judge Greer parts ways with his church on pastor's advice (St. Petersburg Times) [snipped quote] Quite bizarre. |
John Cole: Judge Greer, Unwelcome Baptist — Saw this via Outside the Beltway: "Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer left his... |
Schiavo parents appeal to U.S. Supreme Court CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Terri Schiavo's parents, running out of options in their uphill fight to have their brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube reinserted, are now hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will step in. | |
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John Cole: As I write this, the Supreme Court has ruled against the reactionaries, adding yet another legal defeat (if these guys... Jim Dallas: A Service To Our Readers — The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday (and CNN reports today) that interest in living wills has gone up considerably due to the Schiavo case. |
James Joyner: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Schiavo parents' appeal (CNN) [snipped quote] Given that Greer has already ruled these new... |
Bush Speaks Out and Stays Silent By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Does the "culture of life" extend to the victims of gun violence? That's the question critics are asking after President Bush's contrasting responses to the two events dominating national attention this week. | |
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Digby: Ron Brownstein wrote today: [quote] Does the "culture of life" extend to the victims of gun violence?[end quote] John Cole: Exhibit A: [snipped quote] There is enough dumb out there to hold both parties back. |
Dan Froomkin: Ronald Brownstein writes in the Los Angeles Times: "Does the 'culture of life' extend to the victims of gun violence? |
George W. to George W. By / NYT — Permalink Of all the stories about the abuse of prisoners of war by American soldiers and C.I.A. agents, surely none was more troubling and important than the March 16 report by my Times colleagues Douglas Jehl and Eric Schmitt that at least 26 prisoners have died in... | |
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Gregory Djerejian: Fiery Friedman — Tom Friedman: [snipped quote] I have been deeply outraged that so many detainees have died in U.S. custody. Jon Henke: "George W. to George W." isn't really all that far... Thomas Friedman... "...at least 26 prisoners have died in U.S... Orrin Judd: WHAT WOULD OUR GRANDFATHERS SAY? : George W. to George W. |
Avedon Carol: Thomas Friedman is starting to notice what's going on again - he's noticed we're killing too many people, even. Armando @DailyKos: Today's version of "see no evil" has Friedman "shocked, shocked" to discover that the Bush Administration seems none too... |
Blake Jurors 'Stupid,' D.A. Says By / LAT — Permalink Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said jurors who acquitted actor Robert Blake of the murder of his wife are "incredibly stupid" and insisted his office put on a good case. "Quite frankly, based on my review of the evidence, he is as guilty as sin. | |
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Kevin Roderick: Thursday shorts * Some collected items, from here and there (updated a couple of times): • District Attorney Steve... Jeralyn Merritt: Prosecutor Calls Blake Jurors Stupid — Sorry to interrupt your Schiavo news, but this warrants mention: "Los Angeles County Dist. |
Eugene Volokh: Now a second politician is doing it: My fair city's own District Attorney Steve Cooley, who is quoted as saying that the jurors in the Robert Blake trial were "incredibly stupid." |
Bush decries border project By / Washington Times — Permalink WACO, Texas — President Bush yesterday said he opposes a civilian project to monitor illegal aliens crossing the border, characterizing them as "vigilantes." He said he would pressure Congress to further loosen immigration law. | |
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Dan Froomkin: James G. Lakely writes in the Washington Times: "President Bush yesterday said he opposes a civilian project to monitor... Jeff Goldstein: And elk!* update: "Say, did I ever tell you about the time Antonio Banderas called my breasts 'pezones hermosos grandes'? |
Michelle Malkin: As reported in the Washington Times: [snipped quote] Yeah? How? |
Report: Kyrgyzstan President Resigns By / AP — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - 0324kyrgzstan Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, seizing the seat of state power after clashing with riot police during a large opposition rally. President Askar Akayev reportedly fled the country and resigned. | |
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Laura Rozen: Update: The Kyrgyz president has resigned. Great coverage from this site (via Tapped). James Joyner: Report: Kyrgyzstan President Resigns (AP) [snipped quote] See my coverage from this morning for background. |
Ace: Another Domino Falls — Now Kyrgyzstan: [snipped quote] Based simply on the seredipity of his name, extradimensional... Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: President of Kyrgyzstan Flees Country — Breaking news from Kyrgyzstan: [snipped quote] According to most... |
Dirty Democrat Pool By / American Spectator — Permalink It's Rathergate all over again, and the same vigilant entities that brought about to the collapse of CBS News could now also cause heads to roll among Democratic Senate leadership staffers and further shame multiple news organizations that would appear to have fallen for another document hoax. | |
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Brian Stelter: "It's Rathergate all over again, and the same vigilant entities that brought about to the collapse of CBS News could now... Michelle Malkin: For three days none of those sources has given us any reason to think there is more to the memo than a particularly naked expression of the politics of Shivo case." Lorie Byrd: UPDATE (3/24): This American Spectator Prowler article provides new information: [snipped quote] Update: Ace is having a little fun with this latest memo scandal. |
The Big Trunk: The American Spectator's Washington Prowler has picked up the scent and interviewed Republican Senate staffers: "Dirty Democrat pool." Betsy Newmark: The Prowler reports that the GOP in the Senate now suspect that the supposed talking points memo saying that there was a... Orrin Judd: Dirty Democrat Pool (The Prowler, 3/24/2005, American Spectator) [snipped quote] Why would the talking points have been a story anyway? |
Because she's earned it By / Townhall.com — Permalink I signed off my talk show yesterday, stuffed unused newspaper articles in my briefcase, and headed home. As I pulled out of the studio parking garage I did what I usually do ... I tuned in to see what Rush was talking about. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Rather than explain to Peggy why we lefties are so all-fired determine to see Terri Schiavo die, I'm just going to nudge her over to this Townhall Column by Neal Boortz. S.Z.: I was going to write an essay about my religious beliefs, and why I believe that life is a precious gift, but that... |
Glenn Reynolds: ANOTHER UPDATE: Perhaps this column by Neal Boortz is an answer to Peggy Noonan: "Where do your concerns truly lie, with... |
Iraq Workers Protest Insurgent Attacks By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of power workers shouting "No, no, to terror!" marched through Baghdad on Thursday to protest attacks that have killed dozens of their colleagues, while demonstrators in the south demanded that the new petroleum minister be from their oil-rich region. | |
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Hindrocket: Also earlier today, Iraqi electrical workers marched through Baghdad to protest against terrorism, especially attacks on electricity stations and oil pipelines. |
Harry @HarrysPlace: Partisan Workers — More signs of the growing confidence of Iraq's workers fighting back against the terrorist gangs:... |
Kyrgyzstan Gov't Collapses After Protest By / AP — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Mar 24, 2005 — President Askar Akayev's government collapsed Thursday after opposition protesters took over the presidential compound and government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows in a frenzy of anger over corruption and a disputed election. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Time for the Wolfowitz Plan — Another one bites the dust - "Kyrgyzstan government collapses after protest":... |
Smash: THE KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT HAS COLLAPSED! kyrgyz.jpg [snipped quote] Tyrants the world over are trembling today... |
Se Habla B.S.? By / Slate — Permalink Last week, I faulted the White House for leading the press and public to believe, falsely, that Latinos tend to die younger than whites do. This myth helps to sell President Bush's Social Security reform proposal to Latinos, since it implies that they collect Social Security for fewer years, on average, than whites do. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Will Saletan has the goods, the Journal had the story right. It just didn't dawn on them to, you know, point out that this is a bald-faced lie. |
Eugene Volokh: Thanks to Slate for the pointer. UPDATE: Could it just be that they smoke less (16.7% vs. 23.6% for non-Hispanic whites)? |
DeLay, Deny and Demagogue By / NYT — Permalink Oh my God, we really are in a theocracy. Are the Republicans so obsessed with maintaining control over all branches of government, and are the Democrats so emasculated about not having any power, that they are willing to turn the nation into a wholly owned subsidiary of the church? | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Are the Republicans so obsessed with maintaining control over all branches of government, and are the Democrats so... Sadly, No!: David "The Lion's Share" Frum asks: "Did Maureen Dowd of the New York Times really compare Terri Schiavo to the corpse... |
Deacon: Dowd and Cole race to the bottom — Which offering about the Terri Schiavo case is more foolish, this one by far-left... |
Supreme Court Rejects Request to Reinsert Feeding Tube By / NYT — Permalink CLEARWATER, Fla., March 23 - The Supreme Court today turned down a request by Terri Schiavo's parents for an emergency order to restore the Florida woman's feeding tube. In a one-sentence notice, the court said the matter had been presented to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, and referred by him to the full court. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Jeb Bush says he can't do any more. Where's his brother, President Bush? Back at the ranch, on vacation. |
Chris Nolan: Brother's Keeper — The Terri Schiavo case has been so annoying - even Conservatives are getting impatient — that it's been easy to lose site of the longer-term politics here. |
Supreme Court Rejects Terri Schiavo Case By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The U.S. Supreme Court turned down Terri Schiavo's parents Thursday, declining to intervene to keep the brain-damaged woman alive, but their supporters pressed a last-ditch effort in Florida courts. | |
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Armando @DailyKos: The Supreme Court says No: [snipped quote] This should be the end of this farce. Let's see what Jeb does. Eugene Volokh: Schiavo case: The Supreme Court has refused to hear it. But if you want to read the Senators' and Representatives' briefs, you can find them here. |
Ed Driscoll: Over And Out? The Supreme Court has rejected the Terri Schiavo case. It's apparently down to Florida's Gov. Jeb Bush, but his options are rapidly dwindling as well. |
Prosecutor: Blake jurors were 'incredibly stupid' AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — District Attorney Steve Cooley says Robert Blake was "guilty as sin" and the jurors who acquitted him of murder were "incredibly stupid." | |
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William J. Dyer: Trial lawyer sour grapes — Prof. Bainbridge, Prof. Volokh, and John Steele all have posts about Los Angeles County... |
Steve Bainbridge: (Link) Which raises several questions: Were Cooley and his prosecutors "incredibly stupid" for allowing such jurors to survive voir dire? |
Florida intervenes again in Schiavo case CNN — Permalink TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) — The state judge who ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed says he will rule by noon Thursday on the latest effort by Florida officials to intervene in the brain-damaged woman's case. | |
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Zoe Kentucky: Considering that Jeb has been attempting to legally take custody of her and has been rejected repeatedly, even the local... Tim Cavanaugh: The Florida Department of Children and Families still has a petition before Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer,... |
Bigwig: Given that the court decisions seem to be stacking up against those attempting to keep Terri Schiavo alive; How long... |
Drinking and Legislating By / TCS — Permalink When President Clinton signed a law in 2000 that lowered the federal blood-alcohol limit for drivers to .08, opponents pointed out that the effect of such a law would be to tie up law enforcement resources going after motorists between .08 and .10, motorists... | |
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Jesse Walker: Since then, there's also been an increase in the number of sobriety checkpoints, those Fourth Amendment-shredding... Ed Driscoll: Drinking and Legislating — Radly Balko writes, [snipped quote]: [snipped quote] No wonder there's an increasing backlash at MADD. |
Radley Balko: I have a piece at Tech Central today that elaborates. |
Kyrgyzstan Leader Reportedly Flees Country By / AP — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - President Askar Akayev reportedly fled on Thursday after protesters stormed his headquarters, seized control of state television and rampaged through government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows. | |
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Charles Johnson: Blame George W. Bush — The physicist President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, ruler of the country since independence in 1990, has fled the country. |
Dan Gillmor: Kyrgyzstan Map-1 UPDATED I'm pretty good on geography, but when I read about the revolution and/or coup in Kyrgyzstan I... |
Kyrgyz Opposition Says Ready to Take Control By / Reuters — Permalink BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's opposition seized the main government building in the capital on Thursday and said it was ready to take control of the Central Asian country after days of violent protest. | |
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Daniel Drezner: Events in Kyrgyzstan (click here for a useful BBC backgrounder), combined with previous events in Lebanon, Palestine,... Betsy Newmark: Democracy seems to be spreading to another place that most Americans couldn't find on a map - Kyrgyzstan. |
Laura Rozen: The Kyrgyz president flees the capital, and as NPR just alerted me, the Kyrgyz Republic becomes the third former Soviet... |
A Diagnosis With a Dose of Religion NYT — Permalink William P. Cheshire Jr., the Florida doctor cited by Gov. Jeb Bush yesterday in his announcement that he would intervene again in the case of Terri Schiavo, is a neurologist and bioethicist whose life and work have been guided by his religious beliefs. | |
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Jerome Armstrong: Here's what-said the person who actually diagnosed Shiavo: "Dr. Ronald Cranford, a neurologist and medical ethicist at... Hugh Hewitt: The New York Times sought out Dr. Ronald Cranford, the University of Minnesota neurologist who examined Terri Schiavo... |
David Allan Pell: She Seems Fine to Me — Think of the horrible amount of false-hope driven pain that this poor family has had to go... S.Z.: P.P.S You can read more about Jeb's neurologist, William P. Cheshire, in this NY Times article. |
Judge: Ohio Gay Marriage Ban Affects Law By / AP — Permalink CLEVELAND - Domestic violence charges cannot be filed against unmarried people because of Ohio's new constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Stuart Friedman changed a felony domestic violence charge against Frederick Burk to a misdemeanor assault charge. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: When Grandstanding Goes Bad — Jessica at Feministing reports some really distressing developments in Ohio: "I never... Riggsveda @Corrente: Why, the fallout effect on gay and non-gay couples alike, such as the elimination of the protection of the state's... |
Chris Bowers: To do so, they end up passing laws that reduce punishments for domestic violence: [snipped quote] I feel like I run... Amanda Marcotte: Anti-gay marriage laws being used to leave unmarried women vulnerable to domestic violence. |
Schiavo's Parents Turn to Supreme Court Fox News — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Terri Schiavo's (search) parents took their battle to the Supreme Court late Wednesday after being dealt a pair of blows in their effort to keep their severely brain-damaged daughter alive. | |
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Lorie Byrd: Time Is Short — The emergency hearing in Federal Court that is, by all accounts, the last hope of the Shindler family has ended. Paul Jaminet: Will they rule themselves sheep, or goats? UPDATE: Supreme Court refuses to hear Schiavo case. Steve Dillard: Update: Fox News now has this report on the filing, which includes the following excerpt: "In the emergency filing, Bob... |
Tbogg: By the way, Fox is reporting that Jeb! Bush has filed for custody of Terri Schiavo. Michele Catalano: Gov. Bush Requests Custody of Schiavo After Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Damn the courts, full speed ahead. |
Report Emphasizes Shortfall in Medicare By / WaPo — Permalink The two independent trustees overseeing Social Security and Medicare broke with the Bush administration's trustees yesterday, saying Medicare's financial problems far exceed Social Security's and are in urgent need of attention. | |
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Kevin Drum: SOCIAL SECURITY vs. MEDICARE....Why is President Bush spending so much time on Social Security when Medicare is actually a far bigger problem? |
Matthew Yglesias: FIRST, STOP DIGGING. |
Dem Activists Debate Battle Tactics By / Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — After failing to defeat President Bush in the 2004 election and losing even more seats to the Republicans in the House and Senate, Democrats are finding themselves following different paths to get the party back on track. | |
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Oliver Willis: Dem Activists Debate Battle Tactics [snipped quote] Dave Johnson from SeeingTheForest and Chris from MyDD are quoted too. |
Betsy Newmark: Schadenfreude alert: The Democrats are torn between their moderate branch and their more radical branch. |
Protesters in Kyrgyzstan Storm Presidential Compound By / NYT — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 24 - Protesters stormed the presidential compound in the Kyrgyz capital today, seizing control after clashing with riot policemen who had surrounded it during a large opposition rally. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: To the surprise of many observers, protests against election fraud in Kyrgyzstan appear to have succeeded in bringing... Dr. Steven Taylor: Meanwhile, Things Get Interesting in Kyrgyzstan — Via the NYT: Protesters in Kyrgyzstan Storm Presidential Compound [snipped quote] As they say: developing. |
Edward _: Akayev is in hiding (OK, so he's reportedly in Russia now). Opposition takes over TV station. Jailed opposition leader freed. |
Soros French Insider Trading Conviction Upheld (Update3) Bloomberg — Permalink March 24 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor George Soros was found guilty of insider trading by a French appeals court, upholding a 2002 conviction in a case that he's been fighting for 16 years. | |
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Ace: ..But Score One For French Judges: Soros Conviction Upheld Boy, do liberals hate inside-traders and global currency... |
Jonah Goldberg: LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE FRENCH — French Court find George Soros guilty of insider trading. |
For Schiavo, Republicans Invite Federal Activism By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — The legal struggle over the fate of Terri Schiavo is exposing what some see as a credibility gap for the Bush administration, Republicans in Congress and social conservatives who want to rid the federal judiciary of so-called activist judges and even strip them of authority. | |
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Ken Masugi: Our Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence director John Eastman continues his legal arguments on behalf of her, while... |
Dan Froomkin: Richard B. Schmitt writes in the Los Angeles Times: "The legal struggle over the fate of Terri Schiavo is exposing what... |
Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children By / NYT — Permalink PORTLAND, Ore. - The Pearl District in the heart of this perpetually self-improving city seems to have everything in new urban design and comfort, from the Whole Foods store where fresh-buffed bell peppers are displayed like runway models to the converted lofts that face sidewalk gardens. | |
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Tom Maguire: Not Biased, Just Weird — The Times has a puzzling front-pager on urban demographics: "Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children PORTLAND, Ore. James Joyner: Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children [snipped quote] Plus, as Virginia Postrel notes, people with kids natually want to live in the suburbs. Ed Cone: NYT: [snipped quote] Greensboro's first wave of new urban residents also seems to skew older, although the sample is... |
Betsy Newmark: The New York Times looks at the trend in cities like Seattle and Portland which are fast becoming childless cities. Orrin Judd: MORE: Meanwhile, in Euro-America, Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children (TIMOTHY EGAN, 3/24/05, NY Times) Virginia Postrel: Department of Duh The NYT discovers that people with kids would rather live in the suburbs than in cool urban neighborhoods like mine. |
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Kyrgyz government HQ stormed CNN — Permalink BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Demonstrators have stormed and taken control of government and presidential headquarters in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Heavy plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the compound Thursday as opposition leaders reportedly met inside to plan their next move. | |
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Jan Haugland: Today demonstrators have stormed and taken control of government buildings and the TV station in the capital Bishkek. |
Scott Sala: More at CNN. |
Welfare Junkies By / WaPo — Permalink We are a nation of closet welfare junkies, which helps explain why we can't have an honest debate about Social Security. Social Security and Medicare are our biggest welfare programs, but because Americans regard "welfare" as shameful, we've found other labels for them. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: After reading today's column from Robert Samuelson, where he makes precisely the argument Skocpol warned us about even without progressive indexing, I'm not so sure. PGL: Robert Samuelson As Insurance Agent — Robert Samuelson's latest on Social Security has been ably taken down by Mark Thoma and Max Sawicky. |
Max B. Sawicky: ROBERT NO-RELATION-TO-PAUL SAMUELSON DOESN'T GET SOCIAL INSURANCE RS sez Social Security is just welfare: In normal... Greg Ransom: AMERICA — A NATION ON WELFARE: "We are a nation of closet welfare junkies, which helps explain why we can't have an honest debate about Social Security. |
President Meets with President Fox and Prime Minister Martin White House — Permalink PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning. It's my honor to welcome two friends to Baylor University. First, I want to thank the Baylor University family for providing these facilities for us. Your hospitality is awesome. I appreciate the meetings we just had. | |
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Dan Froomkin: But we looked at all options from the executive branch perspective.' " Here's the transcript. PoliPundit: Quote of the Day — President Bush, on the volunteer Minuteman Project, which is spotting illegal aliens entering the US: "I'm against vigilantes in the United States of America. |
John Hawkins: Quote of the Day By Polipundit — President Bush, on the volunteer Minuteman Project, which is spotting illegal aliens... |
Bolton Faces Fight Over U.N. Envoy Post -Holbrooke Reuters — Permalink BANGKOK (Reuters) - John Bolton faces a fight over his nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations unless he changes his "strong and extreme" views on the world body, former ambassador to the U.N. Richard Holbrooke said on Monday. | |
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Steve Clemons: Holbrooke said of Bolton's chances: "Unless he changes his views it is going to be a very tough confirmation." |
Laura Rozen: Richard Holbrooke, who has reached out to Republicans on UN issues in the past to broker compromise, warns Bolton's... |
Where Are the Democrats? By / WaPo — Permalink Rep. Tom DeLay is called "The Hammer." He is a man of fierce beliefs who has long confused politics with war — religious war at that. At one time he would have been labeled an "extremist," the sort of politician whom reporters seek out for colorful, wacko quotes. | |
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Kevin Drum: As Republican Christopher Shays of Connecticut put it, "This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy." |
K. J. Lopez: "THE REAL LOSER WAS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY" — That's Richard Cohen today, upset that more Democrats didn't take a stand to have Terri Schiavo killed. |
FEC Signals Light Hand On Internet Campaigning By / WaPo — Permalink The Federal Election Commission revealed yesterday that it plans to take what one of its commissioners termed a "relatively nonintrusive" approach to regulating political campaigns on the Internet. | |
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Chris Bowers: The FEC is signaling a light hand, indicating our first stage of pressure seems to have had some success: ... |
Taegan Goddard: FEC Tackles Internet Politics Today — The FEC "plans to take what one of its commissioners termed a 'relatively... |
Report Says Medicare Is in Poor Fiscal Shape By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 23 - The long-term financial condition of the Social Security system deteriorated slightly over the last year, the government reported on Wednesday, and President Bush's supporters immediately said this strengthened the case for enacting a fundamental change in the program this year. | |
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Dan Froomkin: David E. Rosenbaum writes in the New York Times: "In an interview at the White House on Wednesday, Allan B. Hubbard,... Nathan Newman: The other idea that White House is promoting is cutting benefits more for middle income retirees than for low-income... Matthew Yglesias: Quoth The New York Times: "To pay all scheduled benefits over the next 75 years, the government would have to raise an... |
Jerome Armstrong: Same old same old — I'm sure, if you were paying attention to any news yesterday, you heard the government report that... Kevin Drum: The New York Times had massaged their headline to "Report Says Medicare Is in Poor Fiscal Shape." No mention of Social Security at all. Pudentilla: naive question alert if this is true: [snipped quote] why are the "reds," who control the executive and legislative... |
'Wall St. Week,' a PBS Staple, Will Go Off the Air in June By / NYT — Permalink "Wall Street Week," which became one of the most-watched programs on public television over 35 years, has been canceled. Maryland Public Television, the program's producer, and PBS, which distributes it to member stations, plan to announce today that the program will be broadcast for the last time on June 24. | |
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Brian Stelter: Ticker: Schiavo, Campbell, Jansing... > "Wall Street Week with Fortune" will go off the air in June, the NYT reports. |
Jim Romenesko: But I guess once Rukeyser left, it was inevitable." (Related NYT story.) |
MEDIA Globe and Mail — Permalink The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has warned former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle that it may sue him for his role in the alleged looting of Hollinger International Inc., the Chicago-based media company once controlled by Richard Perle. | |
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Jim Romenesko: SEC may sue Perle for his role in alleged Hollinger looting — Toronto Globe & Mail If the SEC proceeds with a suit... |
Josh Marshall: The SEC tells Richard Perle it may sue him over financial improprieties tied to the looting and subsequent meltdown of Conrad Black's Hollinger media empire |
The Reliable Source By / WaPo — Permalink Is presidential daughter Barbara Bush following through on her previously announced intentions to work with HIV-afflicted children overseas? We hear that she held a going-away party in Washington last week to announce her move to Africa, but details were... | |
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Laura Rozen: Ahmad Chalabi's American advisors Francis Brooke and Margaret Bartel have been cleared of charges of obstructing an... |
James Joyner: Bush Twins Not Pin-up Models — The Washington Post's The Reliable Source reports, [snipped quote] Good to know. |
Shocked residents in a state of disbelief Houston Chronicle — Permalink TEXAS CITY - A fiery explosion at one of the nation's largest oil refineries killed at least 14 people Wednesday and injured more than 100 others in the deadliest industrial accident in the Houston area in nearly 15 years. | |
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Jack Cluth: This time it's in our backyard — Shocked Texas City residents await word on loved ones Refinery has long history of... |
Jim Dallas: Meanwhile, I'd like to extend sympathy to all the victims and families of the Texas City refinery explosion, which has... |
Not Dead at All By / Slate — Permalink The Terri Schiavo case is hard to write about, hard to think about. Those films are hard to look at. I see that face, maybe smiling, maybe not, and I am reminded of a young woman I knew as a child, lying on a couch, brain-damaged, apparently unresponsive, and... | |
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Joe Carter: But Slate has a great article by a disability-rights lawyer that brings in a new angle: "7. Judith Weiss: "Ms. Schiavo, like all people, incapacitated or not, has a federal constitutional right not to be deprived of her life without due process of law. 7." PoliPundit: Schiavo — Writing in Slate, Harriet McBryde Johnson makes this point: "There is a genuine dispute as to Ms. Schiavo's awareness and consciousness. |
Daniel Drezner: UPDATE: Many comentators, commenters and e-mailers have pointed out that feeding and hydration tubes are not normally... Rich Lowry: MORE ON SCHIAVO — A very compelling piece in Slate, by a disability-rights lawyer named Harriet McBryde... |
Schiavo Case Highlights Catholic-Evangelical Alliance By / NYT — Permalink The powerful outcry over Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose case has provoked a national debate over whether she should live or die, is a testament to the growing alliance of conservative Roman Catholics and evangelicals who have found common cause in the "culture of life" agenda articulated by Pope John Paul II. | |
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Chris Nolan: It's also a direct appeal to Catholic voters who the Republicans started to inch over the party line into their column last election. Orrin Judd: NATURAL AND WELCOME VS. INSANELY GHOULISH: Schiavo Case Highlights Catholic-Evangelical Alliance (LAURIE GOODSTEIN,... |
Pudentilla: then wouldn't "compulsory life" be more accurate than "culture of life" — The New York Times > National > Schiavo Case... Steve Dillard: "Schiavo Case Highlights Catholic-Evangelical Alliance": An interesting piece by the NYT. |
GM Says It May Kill Off One of Its Brands Reuters — Permalink DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp., which issued a shock profit warning last week and has been losing market share, may phase out one of its weaker car brands if sales fail to meet projections, company Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said on Wednesday. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: GM Says It May Kill Off One of Its Brands DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp., which issued a shock profit warning... |
Stephen Green: Car Talk — I told you things were bad at GM, and now it looks like they might retreat even further: [snipped quote] Full story here. |
Tom DeLay: "It Is More Than Just Terry Schiavo" By / Time — Permalink Last Friday, as the House and Senate were working out their differences over legislation to stop the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay discussed the issue at a gathering of the Family Research Council at the Willard Hotel in Washington. | |
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LeanLeft: Delay the Martyr — Filed under: Politics Culture — Kevin Tom Delay displays his quality: [snipped quote] It is bad... Josh Marshall: Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX), March 18th 2005: "It is more than just Terri Schiavo. |
Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride — Tom DeLay in one of his fulminating idiotic rants compared himself to Terri Schiavo. |
DCF considers removing Schiavo from hospice by force By / AP — Permalink TALLAHASSEE — State officials say they are considering removing Terri Schiavo from the hospice, by force if necessary, despite numerous court orders upholding the removal of the artificial nutrition tube that has kept her alive for 15 years. | |
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Mark Kleiman: And the Palm Beach Post tells the same tale. |
Larre @LeftCoaster: So, It's Come to This... Florida state officials 'say they are considering removing Terri Schiavo from the hospice, by... |
Poll: Keep Feeding Tube Out CBS News — Permalink (CBS) Americans have strong feelings about the Terri Schiavo case, and a majority says the feeding tube should not now be re-inserted. This view is shared by Americans of all political persuasions. Most think the feeding tube should have been removed, and most also do not think the U.S. Supreme Court should hear the case. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: Then to mix things up a bit I was thinking of linking approvingly to this poll that's appeared on every other liberal... Skippy: cbs news: an overwhelming 82 percent of the public believes the congress and president should stay out of the matter. Steve Soto: The latest CBS News poll released late yesterday shows that both Congress and Bush have suffered politically as a result... |
Dan Froomkin: That new CBS Poll finds: "Americans have strong feelings about the Terri Schiavo case, and a majority says the feeding tube should not now be re-inserted. Steve M.: She declares today that the vast majority of Americans are Nazis-in-development. That's beyond the pale. Howard Kurtz: Here are some poll numbers from CBS News: "An overwhelming 82 percent of the public believes the Congress and President should stay out of the matter. |
| Also: Norbizness, Joe Gandelman, Mark Kleiman, Barbara O'Brien, Jerome Armstrong, Kos @DailyKos, Kevin Drum, Greg Ransom, Oliver Willis | |
Gov. Bush Seeks to Take Custody of Schiavo By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Terri Schiavo's parents saw their options vanish one by one Wednesday as a federal appeals court refused to reinsert her feeding tube and the Florida Legislature decided not to intervene in the epic struggle. | |
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Joe Gandelman: GOPers should consider the issue Kool Aid, too, because the latest news is that there is considerable speculation that... Jerome Armstrong: Back in Florida, the Republican State Senate refuses to be rolled, and with Jeb Bush now personally (through the tool of... Pudentilla: ever wonder what an american theocracy would look like? it would look like this: [snipped quote] time for all the queer little kangeroos to explore alternative citizenship options. |
James Joyner: Update (1850): Apparently, Bush is still going to try to gain "custody" of Terri but via legal means: Gov. Bush Seeks to... Garance Franke-Ruta: Just take a look at how George Bush reacted this afternoon, after a federal appeals court refused to re-insert Schiavo's... |
Social Security Insolvent by 2041, Trustees Say By / AP — Permalink The trust fund for Social Security will go broke in 2041 — a year earlier than previously estimated — the trustees reported Wednesday. Trustees also said that Medicare, the giant health care program for the elderly and disabled, faces insolvency in 2020. | |
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Steve Soto: And while the Bush Administration tried to hijack the report's release by emphasizing what the report said about Social... Judd @ThinkProgress: The Fundamental Contradiction of Social Security Privatizers — The Bush administration is ignoring the 5-year trend of improving Social Security finances. Matthew Yglesias: The early AP coverage of the Trustees Report looks like a hastily rewritten White House press release (literally, I... |
Max B. Sawicky: A pair of Republicans skin them alive. Kevin Drum: No mention of Social Security at all. The Washington Post followed suit with "Report Emphasizes Shortfall in Medicare." Arnold Kling: Bruce seems to be the Washington Post's favorite "conservative economist." For example, see this article. |
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Federalism Has a Right to Life, Too By / NYT — Permalink Cambridge, Mass. — IN their intervention in the Terri Schiavo matter, Republicans in Congress and President Bush have, in a few brief legislative clauses, embraced the kind of free-floating judicial activism, disregard for orderly procedure and contempt for... | |
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Mark Kleiman: Charles Fried, for example, who was Ronald Reagan's Solicitor General (and who was criticized back then for taking... Plainsman @SouthernAppeal: Fried on Schiavo: The estimable Charles Fried has an op-ed in the New York Times today about the unfortunate transgression of federalism principles that is Congress's Schiavo bill. Will Baude: Compare and Contrast — Professor Charles Fried, in the New York Times (3/23/05): "In their intervention in the Terri... |
Dale Franks: Charles Fried, Solicitor General in the Reagan Administration, opines in the New York Times: "In their intervention in... Greg Ransom: UPDATE: Charles Fried — the case for Federalism. Stephen Bainbridge comments and has more on the topic here. Pejman Yousefzadeh: MORE SCHIAVO — Former Reagan Solicitor General and Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried (no one's idea of a liberal)... |
| Also: Steve Bainbridge, Jonathan H. Adler, Orin Kerr | |
Political Fallout Over Schiavo Law CBS News — Permalink (CBS/AP) Congressional leaders have insisted their only motivation in getting involved in the Terri Schiavo case was saving a life. But Americans aren't buying that argument, a CBS News poll finds. An overwhelming 82 percent of the public believes the Congress and President should stay out of the matter. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Because yet another poll indicates their decision to shove the Terri Schiavo controversy into Congress, abruptly change... Atrios: CBS: CBS/AP) Congressional leaders have insisted their only motivation in getting involved in the Terri Schiavo case was saving a life. |
Barbara O'Brien: Resentment — [snipped quote] This is going to sound very cold, I realize, but it's the honest truth: I was reading the... Michael Froomkin: I can only say at this point that I hope Jeb Bush steps up to the plate and gets involved again in this one, since it's such a popular national issue, and popular in Florida too. |
CNN, Fox featured ex-Schiavo nurse whose affidavit was dismissed as "incredible" by judge Media Matters for America — Permalink On March 22, both CNN's Live From... and Fox News' Fox and Friends aired interviews with Carla Sauer Iyer — a former nurse for Terri Schiavo who in 2003 submitted an affidavit with inflammatory accusations against Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo — but failed to report questions about Iyer's credibility. | |
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DavidNYC @DailyKos: Florida judge George Greer, one of the main judges in the Schiavo matter, called Iyer's affidavit "incredible,"... Sam Rosenfeld: In the past few days, I saw the hackish Nobel-nominated doctor, I saw the fraudulent nurse — twice! on two different... |
Captain Ed: " The link was to this Media Matters post, and as you might imagine, I took the reference with a huge, Lot's Wife-sized grain of salt. |
GOP adviser died of overdose By / Washington Times — Permalink Republican media adviser R. Gregory Stevens, who was found dead in the Beverly Hills, Calif., home of actress Carrie Fisher on Feb. 26, died of an overdose of cocaine and the painkiller OxyContin, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. | |
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Steve M.: Barbour Griffith & Rogers, one of the co-founders of which was chairman of the Republican National Committee, held a... Roger Ailes: And so another young and productive Republican falls prey to the Limbaugh drug culture: [snipped quote] This young man... |
Joe Gandelman: All we can say on this is "hmmmmmm": "Republican media adviser R. Gregory Stevens, who was found dead in the Beverly... James Joyner: Republican Media Advisor Greg Stevens Died of Overdose — Republican strategist R. Gregory Stevens died of an overdose... |
Religious Liberty By / Slate — Permalink "According to the teaching of Jesus, it is God who has joined man and woman together in the marital bond. Certainly this union takes place with the free consent of both parties, but this human consent concerns a plan that is divine. | |
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Billmon: Others appear to have reached similar conclusions. Eugene Volokh: William Saletan, in Slate, has this set of quotes: [quote] "According to the teaching of Jesus, it is God who has joined man and woman together in the marital bond.[end quote] |
Steve Bainbridge: Schiavo, Divorce, and Double Effect — In an interesting post on the Schiavo case, Eugene Volokh takes Slate to task for... |
85 Militants Killed in U.S. Raid in Iraq By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a suspected guerrilla training camp and killed 85 fighters, the single biggest one-day death toll for militants in months and the latest in a series of blows to the insurgency, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. | |
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Hindrocket: Eighty-five terrorists were killed in a raid in central Iraq, conducted mostly by Iraqi forces and precipitated by information from Iraqis. Charles Johnson: Allah Abandons Holy Warriors — Good news from Iraq, where a jihad training camp was wiped out today along with 85 terrorists. Smash: HOT OFF THE WIRES: [snipped quote] Was Laura Woodward there? |
Jan Haugland: Iraqi forces kill 85 terrorists — Iraqi special forces, supported by US helicopters and troops, have attacked and... Bill Roggio: The Iraqi police, backed by Coalition forces, promptly sniffed one out and assaulted it, exacting a high price: "Iraqi... |
DeLay explains Jefferson; is your passport in order? By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink It's hard to denigrate the rule of law, but congressional Republicans are doing a pretty good job. If you're a specific virtually brain-dead woman in Florida, an atheist or libertarian, or a gay couple who would like to guarantee yourselves the domestic... | |
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Hindrocket: Many other news outlets have picked up on ABC's and the Post's reporting, such as this Houston Chronicle article, which... |
Mitch Berg: Powerline has an extensive summary of the current "Talking Points Memo" controversy; a memo re the Schiavo controversy... |
Court Rejects Schiavo Parents' Request By / AP — Permalink ATLANTA (AP) - For the second time in less than a day, a federal appeals court Wednesday rejected a bid by Terri Schiavo's parents to have her feeding tube re-inserted. Florida lawmakers, meanwhile, debated another last-ditch effort to prolong her life. | |
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Atrios: Toot Toot — Florida Senate tells Jeb to shove it... over to you, Governor... ...and, Bush screams Run away! Run away! K. J. Lopez: 10-2? Seems to me NRO understands the court system better than the AP: [snipped quote] (See Shannen, Byron, Adler below...) |
Jo Fish: Morons — Well, it makes good street theater, I guess... [snipped quote] My understanding of Ms. Schiavo's condition is that giving her water that way would kill her. |
G.O.P. Right Is Splintered on Schiavo Intervention By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 22 - The vote by Congress to allow the federal courts to take over the Terri Schiavo case has created distress among some conservatives who say that lawmakers violated a cornerstone of conservative philosophy by intervening in the ruling of a state court. | |
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Dale Franks: Conservative Split — The New York Times reports that Congressional action on the Terry Schiavo case has highlighted a split between social conservatives and process conservatives. Nathan Newman: Stupid NY Times on Federalism — How can the New York Times say the following with a straight face? Greg Ransom: CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES vs. THEOCONSERVATIVES. The Leftosphere is having a heyday with this NY Times story. |
Joe Gandelman: You can't say that the Republican Party is marching in lockstep loyalty on this issue: there are some GOPers who are... Brian Linse: Here's a New York Times article by Adam Nagourney that indicates that the internal conflict between "social... Jeffrey Dubner: POP QUIZ. Who said this: "This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy." |
| Also: Dan Froomkin, Ezra Klein, Susan Madrak, Jacob Sullum, Kos @DailyKos, Taegan Goddard, Jonathan H. Adler, Atrios, Mathew Gross | |
Bush Warns Democrats About Opposing Accounts WaPo — Permalink ALBUQUERQUE, March 22 — President Bush concluded a three-state swing to sell his plan to restructure Social Security, warning Democratic opponents Tuesday that they will suffer political consequences if they continue to oppose his proposal without providing one of their own. | |
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Chris Andersen: I was reminded of this when reading this article in the Post. Barbara O'Brien: According to WaPo, Bush is warning Dems they'd better not oppose his Social Security privatization scheme, or they'll have to pay political consequences. |
Josh Marshall: There's an interesting article today in the Post which fronts the president's new threat that Democrats "will suffer... Lambert @Corrente: To serve Democrats — I always think it's kind of touching and funny when a media whore like George Will or David "I'm... |
Nazis: Pioneers in medicine WorldNetDaily — Permalink Ours is a nation where a judge may not sentence Beltway sniper Lee Malvo to death, because he is too young to die, but can sentence Terri Schiavo to death, because she is too severely handicapped to live. | |
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Jan Haugland: Terri Schiavo debate is officially dead — Pat Buchanan proves Godwin's law. All serious debate is hereafter futile. Orrin Judd: REVERSE OBLIGATORY: Nazis: Pioneers in medicine (Pat Buchanan, March 23, 2005, Creators Syndicate, Inc.) |
David Allan Pell: Pat Buchanan has compared the pulling of the feeding tube in the Schiavo case to the treatment of prisoners by the Nazis. |
Reinsertion of Schiavo Feeding Tube Denied By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - After losing two consecutive appeals in federal court, Terri Schiavo's parents vowed Wednesday to take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court as their severely brain-damaged daughter began her fifth full day without the feeding tube that has kept her alive for more than a decade. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Appeals Court Nixes Reinstating Schiavo Tube So It Goes To The Supreme Court — If justices of the U.S. Supreme Court... Armando @DailyKos: 11th Circuit Says No to Schindlers — The Supreme Court is the last chance, unless Jeb Bush and Friends get back in the... Damian Penny: Appeal denied — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down the appeal to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. |
Captain Ed: Appeal Denied — Terri Schiavo's parents have lost their emergency appeal to the Eleventh Circuit to get their daughter... Atrios: Morning Thread — The Supremes - the Clown Show's last stop? Ezra Klein: Jokes You Shouldn't Laugh At But Do — From Daniel Munz: [snipped quote] Also funny, but in far better taste, is this analysis of which demographics read which newspapers. |
Appeals Court Denies Schiavo Parents' Case By / AP — Permalink ATLANTA — For the second time in less than a day, a federal appeals court Wednesday rejected a bid by Terri Schiavo's parents to have her feeding tube re-inserted. Florida lawmakers, meanwhile, debated another last-ditch effort to prolong her life. | |
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Deacon: FOURTH UPDATE: The full Eleventh Circuit has declined to rehear Terri Schiavo's appeal. James Joyner: Appeals court rejects Schaivo plea (AP) [WaPo version] "For the second time in less than a day, a federal appeals court... |
Michelle Malkin: Update: 336pm. Denied again. |
Social Security fund may run out sooner By / CNN — Permalink NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Social Security trustees, in their 2005 report released Wednesday, offered an earlier date for trust fund exhaustion and revised upward estimates of the shortfalls facing the system over the next 75 years. | |
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Randall Parker: Tax increases are one way to close the Social Security funding gap. Brian Keegan: SS Reckoning Date Revised — CNN reports that the SS trustee report projects program insolvency as coming sooner. |
Skippy: if you read cnnmoney, you might be concerned: the social security trustees, in their 2005 report released wednesday,... |
Schiavo Protesters Not All Christian Conservatives Reuters — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (Reuters) - Conservative Christian groups have called for mass vigils outside the hospice caring for brain-damaged Terri Schiavo but many of the few dozen who have shown up said they were drawn for personal reasons unrelated to organized religion. | |
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Judith Weiss: The liberals are showing up anyway, but not getting much press. Eric also has one more summary of why not to disconnect the tube. Peter Burnet: SECOND THOUGHTS (VIA THE CORNER) Schiavo Protesters Not All Christian Conservatives (Reuters, March 23rd, 2005)... |
Jeff Goldstein: Related: "Schiavo Protesters Not All Christian Conservatives" **** update: Howard Bashman analyzes the 11th Circuit's decision. Jim Boulet: "SCHIAVO PROTESTERS NOT ALL CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES" says Reuters: "Eleanor Smith of Decatur, Georgia, sat on Tuesday... |
Iraqi and U.S. Forces Raid Insurgent Camp, Killing Dozens By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 23 - Iraqi and American forces killed up to 80 insurgents Tuesday in a fierce battle during a morning raid on what appeared to be the largest guerilla training camp to be discovered in the war, American and Iraqi officials said today. | |
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Cori Dauber: How well must things be going if the same reporter who just a few days ago wrote a framing paragraph putting the... James Joyner: Iraqi and U.S. Forces Raid Insurgent Camp, Killing Dozens [snipped quote] This appears to be in addition to those killed in operations reported earlier this morning. |
Armando @DailyKos: Iraq: The War Continues — In a relatively large scale operation, the U.S. with Iraq forces struck an insurgent training... |
Schiavo's Parents to Turn to U.S. Top Court After Losing Appeal Bloomberg — Permalink March 23 (Bloomberg) — The parents of Terri Schiavo said they will turn to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court rejected a plea that doctors be ordered to reinsert the feeding tube that has kept their brain-damaged daughter alive. | |
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Daniel Drezner: Random Schiavo thought — As the Terry Schiavo case wends its way through the federal court system, there's a thought that keeps nagging at me. Mary @LeftCoaster: Open Thread — The Schiavo case moves to the Supreme Court as a panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court in Atlanta denied the appeal to have the feeding tube reinserted. |
Jerome Armstrong: It was a 2-1 ruling that rejected the appeal, so the Republicans are already having some success in making this a... |
Full Court of Appeals Turns Down Request to Review Schiavo Case By / NYT — Permalink A federal appeals court in Atlanta today turned down a request by Terri Schiavo's parents for an emergency review of a decision issued before dawn in which a divided three-judge panel of the court refused to order Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted. | |
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Mark Kleiman: Running out of running room — The 11th Circuit refused an en banc rehearing of its panel's decision upholding the... |
DavidNYC @DailyKos: Schiavo: Full Appeals Court Backs Smaller Panel & Trial Judge — The entire Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting,... |
McCain-Feingold Online Opinion Journal — Permalink When it comes to the law of unintended consequences, the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance "reform" is rapidly becoming a legal phenomenon. The latest example comes courtesy of the Federal Election Commission, where officials are being asked to extend the law to the very people it is supposed to empower: individual citizens. | |
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Betsy Newmark: The Wall Street Journal has a good editorial today about the concerns that McCain Feingold will lead to the FEC regulating bloggers. |
Glenn Reynolds: MORE ON F.E.C. INTERNET REGULATION, from The Wall Street Journal: [snipped quote] Overkill? |
New date for Social Security to go bust: 2041 AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The trust fund for Social Security will go broke in 2041 — a year earlier than previously estimated — the trustees reported Wednesday. Trustees also said that Medicare, the giant health care program for the elderly and disabled, faces insolvency in 2020. | |
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Skippy: we haven't even read the report that the social security trustess released today, but when we heard the news-byte... |
Josh Marshall: More great moments in media whoredom... MSNBC's front page Soc Sec headline: "Social Security outlook: Broke in '41"... |
Schiavo's Parents' Appeal Rejected WaPo — Permalink TAMPA, March 23 — A federal appeals court early Wednesday morning denied a request to resume feeding a brain-damaged Florida woman, but her parents vowed to quickly seek relief from the Supreme Court in their efforts to keep their daughter alive. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: With the astonishing decision of the 11th Circuit to deny injunctive relief to Terri Schiavo's parents during the course... Jeffrey Dubner: The Washington Post identifies neither in a far better article that also includes more detail on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the oddities of this case. |
Deacon: Justice Kennedy in the batter's box — By a vote of 2-1, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Terri... |
Bush Opens Door to Changes in His Plan By / NYT — Permalink ALBUQUERQUE, March 22 - Even as he travels the country selling his Social Security overhaul, President Bush is beginning to acknowledge some of the constraints of his plan for individual accounts. He warns audiences they will not be able to just cash in their accounts when they retire. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Anne E. Kornblut writes in the New York Times that Bush's Social Security message is showing signs of cracking. |
Tom Maguire: In other Soc Sec news, the Bush marketing plan continues to evolve. |
Iraqi Civilians Fight Back Against Insurgents By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 - Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents who terrorize their country. But just before noon on Tuesday, a carpenter named Dhia saw a troop of masked gunmen with grenades coming toward his shop here and decided he had had enough. | |
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Bill Roggio: Some Iraqis recognize this and are beginning to challenge the terrorists' local power of intimidation: "Ordinary Iraqis... James Joyner: It looks like the wrath of ordinary Iraqis has finally settled on those actually causing the problems rather than on the... |
Cori Dauber: We Drew A Bright Line — The Times Robert Worth reports today that, "Iraqi Civilians Fight Back Against Insurgents." Rich Lowry: IRAQIS FIRE BACK... ...at insurgents—and enjoy it... |
Dodging the difficult stuff AP — Permalink At their summit in Brussels, the European Union's leaders agreed to give euro-area governments more latitude to spend their way out of recessions. They also ripped up a plan to liberalise the EU's internal trade in services. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: OLD AND ANTIQUATED EUROPE — Temporarily ensconced in London, the lovely and brilliant Jane Galt directs us to this... |
Jane Galt: They got a lot done—unfortunately, mostly the wrong things. |
Why Does God Hate Caribou? By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink God wants oil. This is the message. This is the belief. God wants more oil and also uranium and coal and iron and nuclear waste and whatever the hell else we want to pump into or out of this godforsaken lump of floating space rock. Word to the GOP. | |
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Cookie Jill: read the complete commentary at sfgate it would be completely hysterical if it weren't so cutting close... |
Appeals Court Refuses to Order Schiavo's Feeding Reinstated By / NYT — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla., March 23 - A federal appeals court panel in Atlanta refused early today to order that the feeding tube of the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo be reinserted, saying her parents had "failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any of their claims." | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Schiavo, redux — From The New York Times: [snipped quote] At a press conference just moments ago, Rev. Pat Mahoney of... Shannen Coffin: RE: 10-2? New York Times gets a similar award for excellence in legal reporting. |
Jeffrey Dubner: Let's hope that some of these folks speak up as their compatriots try to use the latest decision as a bludgeon in their fight against the independent judiciary. |